Hosted by the University of New Mexico Collegiate Council 8057
Convention Chairs: Dr. Jennifer Gomez-Chavez & Dr. Lawrence Roybal
2015 League of United Latin American Citizens
New Mexico Convention “Advancing our Community within the 21st Century”
Albuquerque Embassy Suites Hotel & Spa June 5th—June 7th
New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens STATE OFFICE
P.O. Box 1324
Las Cruces, NM 88004
(575) 386-1885
Jessica Inéz Martínez
NM State Director
NM STATE DIRECTOR’S WELCOME LETTER
June 6, 2015
Dear Members and Guests:
It is with great pleasure to welcome all of you to our 2015 State Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I would
like to extend my utmost gratitude to our hosting council 8057 and council advisors Dr. Lawrence Roybal and
Dr. Jennifer Gomez-Chavez. They have worked diligently to provide a wonderful program filled with informative
panels, workshops, entertainment, and coordinated all of the events. They have gone above and beyond to ensure the
success of this convention to honor our community leaders and membership at large.
Council 8057 is a colligate council at the University of New Mexico. I had the honor and privilege of being a
member of this council throughout my college career. Together we worked as LULAC family to raise awareness on a
multitude of issues, which included education and civil rights. We worked as a team to organize community service
projects and I certainly cannot forgot how we helped each other through our educational journeys. This camaraderie
continues to flourish with the help of our advisors and senior members through membership expansion and the
continued drive to make positive changes within our community.
LULAC New Mexico has achieved many milestones throughout our state history. It is beautiful to see that it
continued to grow and strive to positively influence the betterment of our community. I hope you all enjoy the
convention and take the opportunity to voice your opinions as we come together to craft our platform for the year to
come.
Sincerely,
Jessica Inéz Martínez
NM LULAC State Director
Council 8057 co-founder
Hosting Council, Collegiate Council 8057 of the University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM.
Welcome Letter
Welcome! Bienvienidos!
LULAC Collegiate Council 8057 welcomes you all to our 86th Annual State Convention here at the amazing Embassy Suites
Hotel & Spa in the beautiful city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
It has been an tremendous honor to serve as your hosting council for our state convention for a second time. As the first
collegiate council in state and national history to ever host a major convention, we humbles and honored by this achievement,
and owe an immense amount of gratitude to all our hardworking students and academic
advisors to help pull off a successful convention.
Our many workshops and events are sure to serve as an informative convention this year, and the collaborative efforts from
all our amazing LULAC members statewide is surely to reflect the success for this years convention.
As a young adults organization, we always strive to grow! We hope that all our guests are pleased with our hard work and
enjoy themselves to the utmost fullest!
We are so proud of the all the leadership State Director, Jessica Martinez, has done this year! She has been a tremendous
leader and as she is a co-founder of hosting council, Council 8057, it means a lot to see our own members growing in the
organization and being the inspiring leaders we foster all our young adult members to be.
We wish you all a successful convention and welcome to Albuquerque!
Sincerely,
LULAC Collegiate Council 8057
Thank you to the Convention Planning Committee
Council 8057
Dr. Jennifer Gomez-Chavez
Joe’l Trujillo
Jaime McCarthy
Valerie Arellanes
Pablo Martinez
Lynn Baca
Enrique “Kiki” Vigil
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
ENLACE New Mexico
Karla Ochoa, President of Council 8057
As the hosting council President of our UNM council # 8057, I want to welcome you all to the beautiful
city of Albuquerque and to our 86th Annual State Convention hosted at the Embassy Suites this weekend.
As the newly elected President for Young Adults council # 8057 I am honored in the opportunities I have
to serve my fellow council members and continue our legacy as the most prestigious and largest Hispanic
Organization nationwide. I am thankful for all the people who have stuck by my side, helped our council
progress, and for our wonderful mentors who never let us down. As Council # 8057's second time hosting the State Convention
we hope to again meet all your expectations as we worked really hard to make this convention one to remember. I hope that
you find this convention educational and informative and that you are all able to engage in our workshops and panels as well
as enjoy the company of your fellow LULAC statewide members. We hope you enjoy the entertainment that we have planned
for you and we welcome you with open arms.
Karla Ochoa
Stephanie Gomez
Ralph Arellanes
Dennis Montoya
Christina Tapia
Jessica Martinez
Jackson Bigger
Dr. Lawrence Roybal
Virginia Garcia
Aaron Russell
2015 New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
New Mexico Convention Embassy Suites Hotel - Albuquerque, NM
June 5th – June 7
th, 2015
Hosted by: UNM LULAC Council 8057
“Advancing our Community within the 21st
Century”
Agenda
Friday, June 5, 2015: Registration in front of Ballrooms 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Press Conference 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Welcome Reception - Ocotillo Meeting Room II Saturday, June 6
th, 2015: Sierra Ballroom
7:30 am - 9:00 am Registration 9:00 am – 9:30 am Welcoming Ceremony
I. Invocation II. Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Officials
Mayor of Albuquerque Representative Chairman of the Bernalillo County Commission Council 8057 President, Karla Ochoa LULAC NM Director, Jessica Martinez
III. Appointment of Committees: A. Credentials B. Law and Order
C. Rules D. Awards E. Auditing F. Resolutions
Workshops: Sierra Ballrooms 9:30 am - 10:45 am US/Mexico Border Issues: Border Area
Economic Development and Border Area Public Safety
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Hispanic Education Act 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm LULAC New Mexico Women’s Luncheon: La Ventana Room Keynote: Dr. Jozi De Leon, UNM Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Principal Investigator
for the Unidos Project Awards Presentation: Jessica I. Martinez, LULAC NM Director
Recognition of NM Women’s Hall of Fame: Jessica I. Martinez
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Hispanic Employment and Kirtland Air Force Base Issues 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Health and Wellness
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Get Out The VOTE (GOTV) Town Hall Forum 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Reception: (for hotel guests only) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm State Director Awards’ Banquet
Mistress of Ceremonies, Dr. Jennifer Gomez-Chavez Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Lawrence Roybal
Presentation of the Colors Pledge of Allegiance LULAC Prayer
Welcome NM LULAC Director, Jessica I. Martinez Council 8057 President, Karla Ochoa The Honorable Steve Pearce, U.S. Representative The Honorable Hector Balderas, NM Attorney General
Keynote Address
Sonya Romero, Albuquerque Public School Teacher and Executive Vice President for Albuquerque Teachers Federation
Awards Presentation
State LULAC Awards: Jessica Inez Martinez, NM LULAC Director
Sunday, June 7th
, 2015: Sierra Ballrooms I-III 9:00 am -12:00 pm: Convening of Convention I. Reports of Officers, II. Reports of Committees A. Credentials B. Law and Order C. Rules D. Awards E. Auditing F. Resolutions III. Elections of 2015 State Officers A. State Director B. Deputy State Director C. Deputy State Director for Women D. Deputy State Director for Elderly E. Deputy State Director for Youth F. Deputy State Director for Young Adults G. State Treasurer H. 2016 State Convention Site IV. Good and Welfare V. Adjourning of 2015 State Convention. 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: NM LULAC State Board of Director’s Meeting-Working Lunch Board Room- Embassy Suites Hotel 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: NM LULAC Institute Meeting Board Room- Embassy Suites
Keynote: LULAC NM Women’s Luncheon
JOZI DE LEON, PhD, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
Appointed in 2008 as the inaugural Vice President for Equity and Inclusion at
the University of New Mexico, Dr. Josephine “Jozi” De Leon brings a life-
long passion and extensive career focused on diversity to her role. Dr. De Le-
on received a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Fayette-
ville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a Historically Black
College and University (HBCU). She obtained a master’s degree in educa-
tional psychology from the University North Carolina– Chapel Hill. Her doc-
torate in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in culturally and lin-
guistically divers4e students with disabilities is from New Mexico State Uni-
versity. Prior to her appointment at UNM, Dr. De Leon served as first Deputy
Secretary for Academic Affairs, Planning and Research for the state of New Mexico when Governor
Richardson created the Division within the Department. Dr. De Leon was deeply involved in working
with programs focused on the success of underrepresented students (TRIO, ENLACE, AGEP, NM
Mesa, and others) and faculty (ADVANCE). Dr. De Leon is nationally recognized for her work in the
teaching and assessment of underrepresented students with special needs. Her academic focus and
professional publications have been on social justice issues in the overrepresentation of culturally and
linguistically diverse students in special education. She has been a faculty member, a department
head, as associate dean, and an associate provost for academic affairs. Dr. De Leon is a tenured full
professor in educational specialties with an emphasis on the intersection of culture. She is the proud
mother of a son and grandmother of three. She currently resides in Albuquerque, NM.
Keynote: LULAC New Mexico Director’s Dinner
Sonya Romero, APS Teacher and AFT Vice President
Sonya Romero is a Kindergarten Bilingual teacher at Lew Wallace Elemen-
tary School. Sonya is as accomplished as she is passionate having grown up
in Puerto Rico in a family that she credits for having instilled her strong per-
sonal foundation. In 2004 she obtained her master’s degree in Education
from the University of New Mexico. In addition she also obtained a bache-
lor’s in Communication and Journalism from the University of New Mexico.
She has been a bilingual teacher for 16 years within the Albuquerque Public
Schools with expertise and experience in best practices for Early Childhood.
Sonya is also the Executive Vice President of the Albuquerque Teachers
Federation. She was recently featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show and was recognized for her hu-
manitarian efforts going above and beyond in her classroom. Sonya believes in the strong foundation
of her family and is close to her parents , siblings, nephews, and most of all, her son. She credits her
parents as this foundation saying “They instilled in us the idea that if we have a gift, we don’t keep it
but rather we impart our gift for the greater good.” Sonya brings these beliefs to life within her class-
room, among her colleagues, and to her two foster children.
“Land of Enchantment”
Sponsors and Collaborators
“Celebrating our Heritage”
Albuquerque Hispanic Heritage Committee
86th LULAC National Convention & Exposition
Salt Palace Convention Center July 7th - July 11th , 2015
League of United Latin American Citizens www.LULAC.org
